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MAYBE WE ARE GROWING OLD, MAGGIE
Certainly there are no silver threads among the gold on
our dome, but our hair line is beginning to recede a little,
and we feel far more tottery than we did last year at this
very same moment. Can it be we are growing old ?
What makes us wonder is the fact that Sunday we dash
ed off this weekly column, and on Monday morning we tore
it up as being unworthy of our nine readers. It's the first
time in history we've ever torn up*—
a column of our oWn accord. Of
course sometimes the boss tears
one up for us, but that's to be ex
pected and taken with good
grace. But tearing one up our
self —and it just a mild, harmless
little column with nothing in it
to upset anyone—is amazing. For
the column is too much trouble to
write in the first place to be torn
up in the second place.
Once upon a time this column
was quite a bit of fun to write.
But here of late it has gotten to
be more of a work horse for other
folks than anything else, because
everybody that has an axe to
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NOTICE
i,
THE BOARD OF COMMIS
SIONERS HAVE CONTIN
UED FOR 30 DAYS LONG
ER THE ADVERTISING OF
REAL ESTATE FOR 1939
TAXES. THIS GIVES DE
LINQUENT TAXPAYERS
A MONTH LONGER IN
WHICH TO PAY THEIR
1939 TAX.
WHEN LAND IS ADVER
TISED ALL TAX COLLEC
TORS WILL BEGIN MAK
ING TAXES OUT OF PER
SONAL PROPERTY. THE
SEVERAL TOWNSHIP
COLLECTORS WILL STILL
HAVE THEIR BOOKS
THROUGH MARCH.
B. F. Folger
TAX COLLECTOR
SORRY COUNTY
grind usually brings it to us. And,
if we grind it for them and hell
pops as a consequence, then they
slide back into the shadows and
murmur: "It's your axe."
Once upon a time we were able
to fill this space with foolishness
and the like. But nowadays we
just don't seem as foolish as we'd
like to. Of course there are a lot
of people who will arise and de
clare we seem perfectly foolish to
them, but that's of no help. It
must be old age and the weight
of advancing years.
Last week we thought we did a
THE ELRIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
harmless little column which, ev
en If It pleased no one, certainly
would have no repercussions. But
just this morning came the fol
lowing from Hillsboro:
Dear Alain: ,
Thanks to your mother's kind
ness, I have read with much plea
sure and amusement your "Home
town Boy Makes Good." It was
a delightful reminiscence, how
ever, Shepperd was not "turned
down" for "Gone With the
Wind." He did not make a test
for it. A contract with Surray
Players required him to return to
New York before the tests were
started.
If you have a chance to see a
short "That Mothers May Live,"
it is worth seeing. He did that
and two others while in Holly
wood that year.
With good wishes and hoping
you will have better luck with
your garden this year,
Sincerely,
S. STRUDWICK.
S. Strudwick, in case you are
interested, is the father of Shep
perd Strudwick, who appeared in
the movie "Congo Masie" at the
Lyric Wednesday, who we refer
red to last week as the boy with
the clean ears. Maybe if we had
devoted more time to our ears
when we were a child we might
have amounted to something. But
reckon it would be worth it?
Spring is coming on and with it
will come a new crop of snap
shooters. It's a sight how photo
graphy has caught on in the last
few years. And it's a sight how
much pleasure we can get out of
looking at a camera catalog.
There are hundreds of cameras
on the market, ranging in price
from a dollar to hundreds of dol
lars. But if we could have our
choice of any camera made, we'd
pick the new miniature Speed
Graphic, with a Kalart range
We Have Everything
FOR THE LAWN
Bone Meal, Cotton Meal,
Lawn Fertilizer, Lime,
Shady Spot Grass Seed,
Evergreen Lawn Grass,
Kentucky Bine Grass, Lawn
Mixture.
F. A. BRENDLE
& SON
EUdn, N. C.
At Lyric Monday
■
Jack Shea, who will be at the
Lyric theatre next Monday and
Tuesday with his "Radio
Round Up" stage show, featur
ing eight big: acts plus the New
York World's Fair (Jowboy
String: Band.
finder. It only costs a little un
der $l5O.
With films as fast as they are
now, we sometimes wonder how
we ever got along back ten years
ago with the film in use then. We
used to have to make football pic
tures, which required a rather
fast shutter speed to stop the mo
tion, and the film we used had a
speed rating of 8. Today, even
for the comparatively slow shut
ter speed required to make pic
tures of people walking along the
street, we use a film with a speed
rating of 100.
Not that you give a rip, but just
to fill this column out, we'll tell
you that it requires a shutter
speed of 1-100 of a second to
make those candid street shots.
Our present camera is capable of
a speed up to 1-250 of a second
shutter speed. A Speed Graphic
camera gives you speeds up to
1-1000 of a second. Many cameras
on the market have speeds as
high as 1-1500 th.
Many of the street pictures
could be made with a box camera,
which has one speed of about
l-25th second. For, in a lot of
instances, someone will come
walking along the street and sud
denly spot us, and our camera.
No sooner do they see us than
they come to a complete stop and
appear to meditate deeply upon
some subject, standing perfectly
still the while presenting a full
face view. However, usually they
are out of focus range and don't
get "took."
Others, when they see us, sud
denly whirl around and head
back the other way. Still others
will pass and be heard to mutter:
"He'd better not take my pic
ture!" And when their picture
comes out in the paper the fol
lowing issue, they always come
for the free tickets.
However, the majority of folks
appear to enjoy having their pic
ture made and get a kick out of
seeing themselves in print.
And if you are not all tired out
by now, we are, so we'll quit here.
Orchids grow wild in the
Philippine Islands.
ORDINANCE
Be It Ordained By The Board of
Commissioners of the Town of
Elkin:
Stop for Traffic Signals
Sec. I. Every automobile or
other vehicle on approaching a
street intersection where a traffic
signal is in operation shall, unless
the traffic signal shows green,
stop clear of the intersection of
said street and shall remain clear
of said intersection until the
green signal is flashed.
Unlawful to Park in No-Parking
Zone
Sec. n. It shall be unlawful
for the owner or driver of an au
tomobile or other vehicle to stop
or leave standing such vehicle in
any space set aside as a no-park
ing zone or in front of the fire
house door or spaces set aside
and reserved for bus stops or in
any other spaces designated as a
no-parking zone, except for the
purpose of immediately taking on
or discharging passengers or
freight.
Penalty
Sec. m. That any violation of
this ordinance shall be punished
by a fine of not less than Two
Dollars nor more than Ten Dol
lars.
J. R. POINDEXTER,
Mayor.
Attest:
PAUL QWYN, Clerk.
The above ordinance published
by order of the board of commis
sioners, Town of EUdn.
This the 6th day of March,
1940.
3-14 PAUL QWYN, Clerk.
Some Ancestors
"Speaking of old families," said
the aristocrat, "one of my ances
tors was present at the signing of
the Magna Charta."
"And one of mine," said little
Ikey, "vas present at the signing
of the Ten Commandments."
A camel drinks as much as 15
or 20 gallons at oqe time.
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11 capacity. Each has hermetically sealed
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Hinshaw Cash Hardware Co.
PHONE 143 ELKIN, N. C
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I 1938 I TbS Snig drive I* on...and wi'rt "ridbi' In** th*
I U ever saw one. 1 finest herd of USED CARS In the business. We're
I A realb«> Reduced f° r I no t sparing ourselves either to give yon the bar.
I to—- | sains of your young life, lust about every make
1 1 and modol n man could want—at a PRE-Soaeoa
I 1 Clearance price to knock the shine off any you've
seen in a mighty long time. Drop In brother—and
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1937 Plymouth four-door sedan that was a 1939 Chevrolet Coach. This car is like new.
real bargain at our regular price (ft JITA In K°°d clean condition inside and out.
of 5530. But to sell this car quick- \/ISI| Extra good mechanically. See it (ttAAA
ly the price has been reduced to tjJquickly. Price was $675, now
1937 Ford 60 Tudor. Here's a good clean car
that hasn't been driven very much and which 1936 Chevrolet Coach. This car, priced at
will save you plenty on gas and /ft iAA $325, was a real value. Now, at fftOTf
oil. A real bargain if we ever saw \/l 1111 our new reduced price, it's the \//S
one. Was $450. Now t|Ja V V bargain of a life time. Only t| 7 Li ItF
1936 Ford DeLuxe Tudor. T he very thing for 1936 Ford Xudor You>i , fjnd iMs good
a family car. In good condition Ford will give you plenty of ser- (ftOAA
and ready to roll plenty more \ /S vice. In good condition through- \llf I
miles. Price was $375, but now UfUUO C ut. Price was $345, now only tJMUU
1937 Ford Standard Tudor. Not quite as , O o C m i _ „ , . . t _
fancy as the DeLuxe but with the same good W Hcres a J»y
S4OO sa ssa &$225
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1936 Chevrolet with trunk. Maybe it's the 1936 Ford Pkfc-up. See this pick-up today if
very car you've been seeking. In AfkAA you need a goad light truck. It's A
excellent condition and clean in- it \| 111 * real price. Was I
side and out. Priced at $350, now tPtfVU S3OO, now reduced to only (|fMVv
1936 Chevrolet Panel Vi ton truck. If you Fordson Tractor with plow. Farmers, don't
have light hauling problems, here's the an- miss this. Tractor in good condl- Ani
swer. In extra good condition. fftOfA tion complete with plow. Price \/K
Was S3OO, but price is now was SIOO, now only (Pit/
1934 Ford Sedan. A good buy in a good used
1929 Ford Tudor. It's not a new car by any Ford Sedan. A real bargain at a low,
\ means, but it is a remarkably good AwH ijjoney-saving price. Was $250 /ttAAA
buy at our low price. Ask to see it. \/S and worth more. Now reduced to \/|H| •
Price was SIOO, now only q/ltl only PLvv .
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Elkin Motor Car Co.
Phone 25 ; Elkin, N. C.
Eyes Enmliwd Office:
Glasses Fitted  , The Bank of Elkln Baildln#
DR. P. W. GREEN
OPTOMETHIBT
Offices open daily for optical repaint and adjustments of all kind*.
Examinations on Tuesdays and Fridays from 1 to 5 p.m.
By Appointment Phone' lit
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Thursday, March 14, 1940